Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2010: G

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Gabor, Zsa Zsa Born 6 February 1917  (Budapest, Hungary) Nine-times married, cop-slapping actress. Was in a coma for a while after a collision between her car and a lamp-post on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard in November 2002. "18 Whiskies, I Think That's The Record." 1 Dead In Ohio 666 Alison The Assassin Another Day Nearer To Death Asadoornail Ash Cream A Taste Of Thursday Afternoon Barmby Moor Celebrity Stiff Stakes Bazzilliant Beginnings of Rigor Bitter Violet Bluereddish Bob Marley's Doughnuts Bond, Elch Bond Life Is A Terminal Illness Canadian Cadaver Dogs Cave Piggy's Stiff's In Waiting  Checking Out By Christmas C.A.Daver Club Carp Coffin It Up Crofty's Coffin Crew Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dead And Don't Know It Dead Beats Dead By Dawn Dead Ends Dead Loss Deadly As Sin Till You Win Deadpoolers Dead Set Death Is Not The End Death Stinks Death By Hemeloids Deathlist.net Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Dress re-Hearse-als Dying For Some Points Erith Sickos First Time Failures The Forrest Lawn Jockeys For Whom The Bell Tolls Four Horseman Of The Magic Roundabout Gary Glitter's Ghoulies Billy Graham Must Die Gravediggers83 Grim McGraw Guild Of Master Reapers HackinNcackin' Hardwood Surround Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Hunting Halos I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It I’m Ready For My Funeral Mr. DeMille It Doesn't Hurt It Just Smells It's Worse Than That, He's Dead Jim! It Tolls For Thee Jellydead Lady Gone-Gone's Poker Fatalities Lard Bazaar Les Trompettes De La Mort Lord Gravedigger Madonna's Hand of Bod Mere Flesh Wound Mr C Naked Florida Gravediggers Northern Foxiles Nosoup4u!  One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food One Way Ticket Phinious Fog Phreebyrd Plowing The Deep Pushing The Envelope Puzlman's Passing Picks Rest In Reeses Pieces Riding The Jesus Train R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Rubinstein's Coffin Fit Say Hello To The Angels Sexystf She's A Goner Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Skeleton Crew Snort The Ashes Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Forgotten But Not Gone Stiff Little Fingers Stop Coughin' Or I'll Put You In One! Tag You're Out The End of the World As We Know It The Mortal Portal The Newstreet Boys Death Squad The Rotting Corpses Of The Undead Tomb Raiders Truth Be Told, I'm Feeling A Bit Under The Weather!! Wednesday 'Til I Die Widnes Vikings Tims Terminal Twenty Wot The Deuce You Must Be Croaking!

Gaga, Lady Born 28 March 1986  (New York City, New York, USA) Glamorous pop star that dem kids are listening to. Why Live To 50?

Gahan, Dave Born 9 May 1962  (North Weald, Essex, England) Lead singer of veteran electro-rockers Depeche Mode. Bitter Violet  Bond, Elch Bond

Gall, Sandy Born 1 October 1927  (Penang, Malaysia) British journalist and former ITN newsreader & reporter. Bloody Dead Rep Here's The News...your Dead!

Gallagher, Liam Born 21 September 1972  (Burnage, Manchester, England) Lead singer of Oasis with a distinctive singing stance. It's been argued that his attitude & behaviour in public was the catalyst to the downfall of standards in this country, but I think that's going a bit far. He's only a bloody singer... 30 Points, We`ll Be Back Up

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Born 6 March 1928  (Aracataca, Colombia) Latin American writer, author of "La Hojaresca" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Better Late Than Never Canadian Paul Food For Worms Four Horseman Of The Magic Roundabout

Garden, Graeme Born 18 February 1943  (Aberdeen, Scotland) Qualified doctor, but became famous as one of "The Goodies", and has been involved in broadcasting ever since the late 1960s. The Norman Bates Fan Club

Gardner, Colin  Born in Taunton, Somerset, England  (exact date unknown) Died 3 July 2010  (Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England) Age at death: 69  (read death notice) Former Forest Green Rovers FC chairman & millionaire businessman. Born 1940. The Terry Fenwick Benefit Select Second XI

Gardner, Martin  Born 21 October 1914  (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) Died 22 May 2010  (Norman, Oklahoma, USA) Age at death: 95  (read death notice) Wrote a popular mathematical puzzles column in "Scientific American" magazine for 25 years. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins But I'm Not Dead Yet

Garland, Seán Born 7 March 1934  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Member of the original Irish Republican Army before it changed to the Workers Party, which he became president of in 2000. Hide & Go Die Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom Plowing The Deep Rot In Hell John

Garner, James Born 7 April 1928  (Norman, Oklahoma, USA) TV and film actor who specialised in playing cowboys, sheriffs and detectives, most notably in 'Maverick' and 'The Rockford Files'. His real surname is Bumgarner, but for some reason he dropped the first syllable when he became famous. A Taste Of Thursday Afternoon Fuckwits Arse Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing Madonna's Hand of Bod Mr C R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Take The Last Rite To The Mortuary Worm Farmer You're Not Breathing Anymore

Garr, Teri Born 11 December 1944  (Lakewood, Ohio, USA) US film & TV star, now battling MS. 2 Sick Not 2 Quit

Garrett, Leif Born 8 November 1961  (Hollywood, California, USA) Former teen actor & singing star, who has fallen on hard times with a number of drink & drugs related mishaps. Two Hit Wonders

Gascoigne, Paul Born 27 May 1967  (Gateshead, Co Durham, England) Flawed genius of the football field, who played for Newcastle United, Spurs, Lazio, Rangers and of course England, when he wasn't busy boozing and/or crying. On and off the wagon constantly. It's Grim Up North A Kick In The Ghoulies Ambledown Another Day Nearer To Death Betterdeadthanred Brown Bread Colin's Toe Curlers Corpse Bride Deadpoolers Dead Spotters Death Can Be Funny Dignitas Clinicians Erith Sickos Finbarr Returns From The Dead FC George Lass and the Gravelings Gone Too Soon...x Gravediggers83 Green Machine Grendel's Graveyard H5N1 If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It I Smell Dead People Les Trompettes De La Mort Maybe Poppin' Their Clogs Mere Flesh Wound Nil By Mouth Northern Foxiles One Way Ticket Rob's Racing Certs Rotters Seasideessexxile Stiff Steaks Stop All The Clocks Team John Thomas TheAssassinsCreed 2010 Crematorium Cheerleaders The Dukes Death List II The Grateful Dead The International Columbo Fan-Club The O'Shannon Wee J's Man Toasted Brown Bread Who Turned Out The Lights? WinR.I.P. Wishy-Washy

Gates, Bill Born 28 October 1951  (Seattle, Washington, USA) Absurdly rich and much-vilified chairman of Microsoft. The Chacks

Gates, Gareth Born 12 July 1984  (Bradford, England) Stammering singer who hit fame in 2002 in 'Pop Idol' before his career, ahem, stuttered... Last Train To Palookaville

Gauci, Salvu Date and place of birth unknown Terminally ill Maltese convicted murderer. Born 1946. Died in May 2010 but no obit. Very Ill Turned Very Dead

Gavin, John Born 8 April 1931  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Actor, best known for his role as Janet Leigh's boyfriend in 'Psycho'. The Vyrdolak

Geelani, Syed Ali Shah Born 29 September 1929  (Sopore, Kashmir) Jammu and Kashmir seperatist leader. A Pelican In The Wilderness

Geeson, Judy Born 10 September 1948  (Arundel, Sussex, England) British film actress, now living and working in the US. Moldy Oldies

Geiges, Daniel Born 25 January 1938  (Lachen, Switzerland) Swiss businessman who was involved in selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets to the world. Now suffering from cancer. A Dead Flange In Time Scores 9

Geldof, Peaches Born 16 March 1989  (London, England) Waste of space and occasional TV presenter. Daughter of Sir Bob Geldof & Paula Yates, and she seems more intent in following her mother's footsteps, rather than her dad's. Dead But Not Forgotten Dead Centre Of England Last Train To Palookaville The Chacks Zombie Nation

Gelli, Licio Born 21 April 1919  (Pistoia, Italy) Italian financier, former fascist and member of the masonic order P2 caught up in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal of 1982. ...the Salmon Mousse!!!

Genscher, Hans-Dietrich Born 21 March 1927  (Reideburg, Germany) Long serving foreign minister of (West) Germany. Falling Off The Pearch

George, Boy Born 14 June 1961  (Eltham, Kent, England) Cross-dressing lead singer of Culture Club and later solo artist, born George Alan O'Dowd. Circling The Drain  Deadpoolers Green Machine

George, Vanessa Born 30 November 1970  (Plymouth, Devon, England) Nursery worker jailed for abusing children at a nursery in Plymouth as part of a paedophile ring. Birchy Says "Bring Out Your Dead" Roger Mortis Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death

Gerrard, Steven Born 30 May 1980  (Whiston, Merseyside, England) Liverpool & England footballer. Crofty's Coffin Crew Expiry Date 2010

Gest, David Born 11 May 1953  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Weird-looking former husband of Liza Minnelli, a US television producer who now appears in "celebrity" shows in the UK. Last Train To Palookaville The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers

Gibb, Robin (Died in 2012) Born 22 December 1949  (Douglas, Isle of Man) The ugly, unbearded one of the Bee Gees. Expiry Date 2010

Gibbons, Billy Born 16 December 1949  (Houston, Texas, USA) AKA "Reverend Willie G", the guitarist in ZZ Top. ZZ Topped

Gies, Miep  Born 15 February 1909  (Vienna, Austria) Died 11 January 2010  (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Age at death: 100  (read death notice) Protector of Anne Frank in WWII. Pub fact: her first name inspired the noise that Road Runner makes when taunting Wile E. Coyote. The Hartlepool Harbingers Deathpig Eternity Tours Gray Panthers Hardwood Surround Mere Flesh Wound Nosoup4u! Old People Party Of 20 The Grey Horde Tomb Raiders Widnes Vikings Win One For The Dead

Gilbert, Lewis Born 6 March 1920  (London, England) English film director, producer & screenwriter, notably of both war films and three James Bond movies. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins Grobler's Stiff Ones Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Giles, Johnny Born 6 November 1940  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Former Leeds United midfield maestro turned RTE pundit. Dead Enders

Giles, Stine Born in Norway  (exact date unknown) Former waitress who married cricketer Ashley Giles. Currently ill with a brain tumour. Born 1969. I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak

Gilmar, (footballer) (Died in 2013) Born 22 August 1930  (Santos, Brazil) Born Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Gimar kept goal for Brazil in the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. Ball Kicking Bucket Kickers

Gilzean, Alan Born 23 October 1938  (Coupar Angus, Scotland) Footballer, formerly with Dundee, Spurs & Scotland. Old People Smell Of Piss

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader Born 15 March 1933  (New York City, New York, USA) First Jewish woman to be elected to the United States Supreme Court. 2 Sick Not 2 Quit 5 Feet And 1 To Go Carrion Luggage 'arry-Kiri Asadoornail Croaker D'Eath And The Prognosticators Daniel Faraday's Notebook Dead By Dawn Ethnic Cleansing You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course Kennedy Driving School Let Us Embalm You Misers Mr C Noah Reason And The Youth In Asia Perish, The Thought Plowing The Deep Say Hi To Uncle George Scottish Squid Bricklaying Alamo Volunteers Sicilian Actuaries Snorkeling STAB_in_the_DARK Stop All The Clocks The End of the World As We Know It The Last Gasp ThePoitouTeam  They're Dead, Y'Know! Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer, Dead!

Giscard D'Estaing, Valéry Born 2 February 1926  (Koblenz, Germany) President of France from 1974-81. Diet Of Worms We'reAllGonnaDie!

Gizenga, Antoine Born 5 October 1925  (Mushiko, Bandundu, DR of Congo) Former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Biologically Dead

Glazer, Malcolm Born 25 May 1928  (Rochester, New York, USA) American businessman, owner of Manchester United. Bloody Dead Rep Nosoup4u!

Glenn, John Born 18 June 1921  (Cambridge, Ohio, USA) Astronaut and politician - the first American to orbit Earth. Kackers United Lidders Late Lamentables Lulu's Stiffs! Ohio And Goodbye-O Time's-Up Team We'reAllGonnaDie!

Glitter, Gary Born 8 May 1944  (Banbury, Oxfordshire, England) 1970s glam rocker who was jailed in 1999 for possession of hardcore child porn. "Do you wanna be in my gang?" Er...we'll give it a miss, thanks, Gary. Ambledown Cremate Expectations Expiry Date 2010 Fergie's Flops Gary Glitter - Baby Sitter Hung Like Larry Holmes Mr & Mrs Drummerboy One Way Ticket Picktons Pork Pies UB Dead Beauty Team John Thomas Zombie Nation

Glover, Danny Born 22 July 1946  (New York City, New York, USA) Actor, best known for his performances in the "Lethal Weapon" series. The Dukes Death List II

Godfrey, Bob (Died in 2013) Born 27 May 1921  (West Maitland, Australia) Australian-born animator, chiefly known for 'Rhoobarb' and 'Henry's Cat'. Won best animated film short Oscar in 1976 for 'Great' about the legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Pooil Vaaish

González, José Froilán (Died in 2013) Born 5 October 1922  (Arrecifes, Buenos Aries, Argentina) Former Formula 1 driver who was the first to win a Grand Prix for the Ferrari team in 1951. The Pissed Kringle

Goodall, Jane Born 3 April 1934  (London, England) Conservationist, known for her 45 year study of chimpanzees. Not At All Well

Goodman, John Born 20 June 1952  (St Louis, Missouri, USA) Rotund funnyman, actor and on-screen husband of Roseanne. Alfred Lord Heinous Hippoposthumous Illinois Reaper Beater 4.0 Return To Sender Roger Mortis

Goodyear, Julie Born 29 March 1942  (Heywood, Lancashire, England) Gobby Northern actress who played Bet Lynch in 'Coronation Street' for 25 years. Her off-screen love life has been the stuff of a tabloid editor's dreams: 3 short-lived marriages (one of which was annulled after the reception), 2 called-off engagements, numerous headline-grabbing relationships with other C-rate celebs, and a couple of lesbian flings to boot. Annus Horribilis Rude Kid The Tomorrow People

Gorbachev, Mikhail Born 2 March 1931  (Privolnoye, Stavropol, Russia) Joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952, rising steadily to become its General Secretary from 1985-91 and President of the USSR from 1990-91. Has a map of Italy tattooed on his head for some reason. Fallen Off The Twig Illinois Reaper Beater 4.0 Rob's Racing Certs The Incontinentals

Gordimer, Nadine Born 20 November 1923  (Springs, Transvaal, South Africa) Nobel Prize-winning author, often considered a feminist writer, although she herself has always resisted this label. Nobel Loserettes Pining For The Fjords

Gordon, James Born 17 May 1936  (place of birth unknown) Baron Gordon of Strathblane. Managing director of Radio Clyde from 1973 to 1996. Chairman of Radio Audience Research (RAJAR) since 2003. Radio Ga Ga Gone

Gordy, Berry Born 28 November 1929  (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Record executive & producer, mostly associated with "Motown" music. C.A.Daver

Gore, Al Born 31 March 1948  (Washington D.C., USA) Former US Vice President and Presidential candidate. Famously lost the 2000 election to George W. Bush depite having the majority of the popular vote. Now a prominent environmentalist who's documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' won the Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2007. Exnazis

Gore, Countess of Arran, Fiona (Died in 2013) Date and place of birth unknown In 1980 Fiona, Countess of Arran, was the first person to average 100 mph in an offshore boat and in 1981 was awarded the Segrave Trophy. Born 1918. A Pelican In The Wilderness One Less Bullet Come The Revolution

Górecki, Henryk  Born 6 December 1933  (Czernica, Silesia, Poland) Died 12 November 2010  (Katowice, Poland) Age at death: 76  (read death notice) Polish classical composer. We'reAllGonnaDie!

Gormé, Eydie (Died in 2013) Born 16 August 1931  (New York City, New York, USA) Singer and chanteuse, one of the pop act Steve and Eydie with her husband Steve Howard. Carkers Convention 2010 Clathrate Gun Deceased Hose Ethnic Cleansing I Drink Your Milkshake If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom Meet Your Maker Northern Foxiles Plowing The Deep Rude Kid STAB_in_the_DARK The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order Very Ill Turned Very Dead

Gough, Michael (Died in 2011) Born 23 November 1917  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (now Malaysia)) Character actor who has played all sorts of serious roles, but is only ever remembered for being Alfred the butler in the late '80s/early '90s Batman movies. Asadoornail Final Curtain Grim McGraw Grobler's Stiff Ones HackinNcackin'  Les Trompettes De La Mort One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food Sexystf The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2010 The Rotting Corpses Of The Undead Widnes Vikings

Gould, Diana (Died in 2011) Date and place of birth unknown Housewife from Cirencester who famously took on Margaret Thatcher in a phone-in on the TV show 'Nationwide' in 1982, over the whereabouts of the Argentine warship General Belgrano when it was torpedoed in the Falklands conflict. Born 1925. This Mortal Coil

Grace, Nancy Born 23 October 1959  (Macon, Georgia, USA) Former Prosecutor, legal commentator and television personality. Lived So Lets Die

Graham, Bill Born 18 September 1918  (Kansas City, Missouri, USA) American jazz saxophonist. Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Graham, Rev Billy Born 7 November 1918  (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) Travelling evangelist who has been preaching his doctrine of sin and salvation around the world for almost 60 years. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1992. "18 Whiskies, I Think That's The Record." 1 Dead In Ohio 20 Celebrities, Sitting On A Wall, If 1 Got Shot Or.... 5 Feet And 1 To Go  Carrion Luggage The Frog Chorus A Kick In The Ghoulies Alison The Assassin Asadoornail A Taste Of Thursday Afternoon Bazzilliant Bitter Violet Blade Runners Bluereddish Breathless In Seattle Life Is A Terminal Illness But I'm Not Dead Yet Buzzards Bxboy422 Canadian Cadaver Dogs Canadian Paul Carkers Convention 2010 Checking Out By Christmas Colin's Toe Curlers The Hartlepool Harbingers Corpse Bride Crazycarl Crofty's Coffin Crew Dave's Bungalow Of Death Dead But Not Forgotten Dead By Dawn Dead Ends Deadpoolers Death From Down Under Death By Hemeloids Deathpig Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Food For Worms Doornails R Us Dying For Some Points Eddie's Parade Of Darkness And Despair Eternity Tours Feng Shui Pig Four Horseman Of The Magic Roundabout Fuckwits Arse George Lass and the Gravelings Billy Graham Must Die  Going Green Green Machine Grendel's Graveyard Guild Of Master Reapers H5N1 HackinNcackin' Hardwood Surround Harry Patch's Love Child I Smell Dead People It Doesn't Hurt It Just Smells It's Worse Than That, He's Dead Jim! Let's Have A Look At The Old Graveyard - Nice To See Me... JoeRam Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Kennedy Driving School Kentucky Fried Genocide Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Lady Gone-Gone's Poker Fatalities Lard Bazaar Let Us Embalm You Lord Football's Dead Corpses Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party Weakend At Bernies Meet Your Maker Morbid Curiosity Morbid United FC Nicole Kidman Is A Slag .....norfolk & Good Nosoup4u! Not At All Well Past Their Sell By Date Phreebyrd Pining For The Fjords Pooil Vaaish Prunella Vulgaris Puzlman's Passing Picks Riding The Jesus Train Rude Kid Say Hi To Uncle George Scottish Squid Bricklaying Alamo Volunteers See, I Told You I Was Sick! See You In Hell Skeleton Crew Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Stiffer Steaks Tag You're Out The Conqueror Worm The End of the World As We Know It The Funky Faz's Morgue Of Merriment The International Columbo Fan-Club Themankini.com The Newstreet Boys Death Squad The Pale Horseman’s Passenger List For The Stygian Ferry Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Tomb It May Concern Truth Be Told, I'm Feeling A Bit Under The Weather!! Wake Up & Smell The Coffin Who Turned Out The Lights? Worm Farmer Wot The Deuce You're Dead And You Know You Are

Grammer, Kelsey Born 21 February 1955  (Saint Thomas, US Virgin Isles) Actor & comedian, best known as the lead role in "Frasier", but also for his roles in "Cheers" and "The Simpsons" (as the voice of Sideshow Bob). Suffered a heart-attack in 2008. Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them Star Dust

Granger, Farley (Died in 2011) Born 1 July 1925  (San Jose, California, USA) Actor, who although he is still working & often seen in the interviews that come with "Extra Bits" on DVD's, will be best remembered for his roles in "Rope" and "Hans Christian Andersen". Keeper Of The Heads Kim Jong's Ill

Grant, Avram Born 4 May 1955  (Petah Tikva, Israel) Football manager, formerly of Chelsea and Portsmouth, now of West Ham United. You're Dead And You Know You Are

Grant, Lee Born 31 October 1927  (New York City, New York, USA) Actress. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s. Just One More Death... Lt. Columbo

Grant, Russell Born 4 February 1951  (Middlesex, England) Large, camp TV and newspaper astrologer. Better Late Than Never

Grantham, Leslie Born 30 April 1947  (London, England) Actor, who served 10 years for the murder of a German taxi driver before becoming an actor. Best known for his portayal of 'Dirty' Den Watts in Eastenders from the shows beginning in 1985 to 1989, his character seemingly killed off. He briefly returned from the dead in 2003 before leaving again in 2005 following an online sex scandal. Cremate Expectations

Graves, Peter  Born 18 March 1926  (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) Died 14 March 2010  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 83  (read death notice) Actor, best known for his roles in "Mission Impossible" and "Airplane". The Funky Faz's Morgue Of Merriment

Gray, Alasdair Born 28 December 1934  (Glasgow, Scotland) Scottish writer and artist. Won the Whitbread prize in 1992 for 'Poor Things'. All Death Is Consolation

Gray, Billy (Died in 2011) Born 24 May 1927  (Ashington, Northumberland, England) Former Nottingham Forest player, one of only two survivors of their 1959 FA Cup winning team. The Terry Fenwick Benefit Select Second XI

Gray, Dobie (Died in 2011) Born 26 July 1940  (Simonton, Texas, USA) Soul singer, best known for his cover of 'Drift Away' which was a massive hit in the US in 1973 and remains a radio staple to this day. Two Hit Wonders

Gray, Dulcie (Died in 2011) Born 20 November 1919  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) British actress, widow of Michael Denison. Mostly on stage, though she did appear on "Howard's Way" in the 1980s, as well as in many other films. Redmyst The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2010

Gray, Macy Born 6 September 1967  (Canton, Ohio, USA) US R&B singer known for her rasping voice. Hyped to the trees ten years ago. Ohio And Goodbye-O

Gray, Rose  Born 28 January 1939  (Bedford, Bedfordshire, England) Died 28 February 2010  (London. England) Age at death: 71  (read death notice) Co-founder of the successful River Café Italian restaurant in London. If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course

Gray, Vivean Born 20 July 1924  (Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England) TV actress - played Mrs Mangel in Aussie soap "Neighbours". Just Die Will You

Grayson, Kathryn  Born 9 February 1922  (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) Died 17 February 2010  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) Actress and singer, who appeared in a lot of film musicals in the 1940s & 1950s. Time's Up My Son

Greatbatch, Shaun Born 13 July 1969  (Newmarket, Suffolk, England) Darts player, now suffering from cancer. A Kick In The Ghoulies And My Name Is Larry! Breathless In Seattle But I'm Not Dead Yet Eejit Ethnic Cleansing Four Horseman Of The Magic Roundabout Going Green Hide & Go Die Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Morbid Curiosity Now That's What I Call Significant 2010 Only Fools & Corpses Playing The Death Card Rude Kid Stiff & the Tears Tonight Matthew I'm Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy Very Ill Turned Very Dead You Keep Hanging On

Greaves, Jimmy Born 20 February 1940  (Poplar, London, England) British football legend. Slave To The Grave The Worst Acronym Team

Green, Seth Born 8 February 1974  (West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Actor, best known as Oz in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and Scott Evil in the Austin Powers franchise. Why Live To 50?

Greenberg, Mona Date and place of birth unknown Stage actress. Was married to the actor Karl Malden for 71 years until his death in 2009. Widows - Following Their Husbands

Greenspan, Alan Born 6 March 1926  (New York, New York, USA) Economist, former US Federal Reserve chairman from 1987-2006. Irish Rover

Greer, Germaine Born 29 January 1939  (Melbourne, Australia) Six-foot tall, tub-thumping feminist Aussie writer, best known for her book "The Female Eunuch" and her frequent appearances on chat shows, where she tries to make out that she isn't that scary really. Marina Predicts Your Demise!

Gregg, Harry Born 25 October 1932  (Tobermore, Northern Ireland) Legendary ex-Manchester United & Northern Ireland goalkeeper who was a hero in the Munich Disaster, when he saved a number of people from death in the minutes after the plane crash. Annus Horribilis

Grier, Rosey Born 14 July 1932  (Linden, New Jersey, USA) Former New York Giants football player, Christian minister, guitar-strumming folk singer and actor, who, despite his poncey name, is in fact a large hard bloke, Rosey being short for Roosevelt. Happened to be standing next to Sirhan Sirhan when the latter shot and killed Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, whereupon he promptly disarmed and captured him. Breath 'ns For Losers

Griffin, Nick Born 1 March 1959  (Barnet, London, England) Odious leader of the British National Party. Made a controversial appearance on BBC TV's 'Question Time' in 2009. Now an MEP. Cremate Expectations

Griffith, Andy (Died in 2012) Born 1 June 1926  (Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA) American TV personality, star of the eponymous "Andy Griffith Show". Breath 'ns For Losers Former Scream Star Hardwood Surround Laughter Kills Noz4news Phreebyrd

Griffiths, Richard (Died in 2013) Born 31 July 1947  (Thornaby-on-Tees, England) Gargantuanly fat character actor, perhaps at his best as the lusty Uncle Monty in "Withnail and I" (1987). He also used his canny knack for dialect to take on two roles as Dr Mannheimer/Earl Hacker in "Naked Gun 2½" (1991), and wobbled his boat-load of jowls as Uncle Vernon Dursley in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Gawn. . .dead. . .planted Hardwood Surround Partridge As Reaper

Grout, James (Died in 2012) Born 22 October 1927  (London, England) Actor, a frequent face on British TV ("Shelley") & radio - ("Old Harry's Game") etc. Kim Jong's Ill Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Grylls, Bear Born 7 June 1974  (Donaghadee, Northern Ireland) Adventurer and TV presenter. Appointed the youngest ever Chief Scout in 2009. Mr. Yuck

Guccione, Bob  Born 17 December 1930  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Died 20 October 2010  (Plano, Texas, USA) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) Founder & former publisher of Penthouse magazine. Keeper Of The Heads The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2010

Guillet, Amedeo  Born 7 February 1909  (Piacenza, Italy) Died 16 June 2010  (Rome, Italy) Age at death: 101  (read death notice) One of the most decorated military officers in Italian history. Led a guerrilla campaign in Ethiopia during WWII, earning the nickname of the 'Devil Commander'. The Vyrdolak

Gumbel, Bryant Born 29 September 1948  (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) US TV journalist sports reporter, best known for NBC's 'The Today Show'. Beginnings of Rigor  Dead By Dawn Going Ready Or Not If They're Not All Dead Then They Should Be Like Steve Says Its Teh Suxx Mere Flesh Wound Perish, The Thought  The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order X-Pyred

Gun Mo, Li Born 4 May 1926  (P’yongan-namdo Province, North Korea) Prime Minister of North Korea from 1986 to 1988. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

Gurung, Lachhiman  Born 30 December 1917  (Dakhani, Tanhu, Nepal) Died 12 December 2010  (London, England) Age at death: 92  (read death notice) One of the few living Victoria Cross holders. They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway

Gyatso, Tenzin Born 6 July 1935  (Takster, Qinghai, PR of China) His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. According to our contributor, he's a nice guy, you'd want him for a grandfather, and he is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. 5 Feet And 1 To Go Bond, Elch Bond Grim Creepers Kennedy Driving School See, I Told You I Was Sick!

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